ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ

Middle Mongol
FWOTD – 20 March 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kuxur, from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.

Compare Mongolian хуур (xuur), Turkish kopuz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qʰʊ.ʊr/

Noun

ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (quɣur)

  1. lute
    • 1338, The Mongolian Inscription in Memory of Jigüntei [1]:
      ᠥᠴᠥᠬᠡᠨ
      ᠮᠣᠳ᠎ᠢ
      ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ
      ᠡᠭᠦᠳᠬᠦ
      ᠶᠡᠬᠡ
      ᠮᠣᠳ᠎ᠢ
      ᠨᠢᠷᠤᠭᠤᠨ
      ᠲᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ
      ᠪᠣᠯᠭᠠᠬᠤᠢ᠎ᠠ
      ᠵᠠᠶᠠᠭᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ
      ᠮᠡᠲᠦ
      öčöken mod'i quɣur egüdkü yeke mod'i niruɣun tulɣ'a bolɣaqui̯'a ǰayaɣaɣsan metü
      like ordaining to make small trees into lutes and large trees into pillars

References
  1. D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2006) Mongolian monuments in Uighur-Mongolian script (XIII-XVI centuries) (Language and Linguistics monograph series; A-11), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 23
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